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The Doors of Eden

by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure. Writing at the top of his game, The Doors of Eden is a breathtaking novel from a bestselling author.

They thought we were safe. They were wrong.

Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.

Lee thought she’d lost Mal, but now she’s miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn’t the only one with questions.

Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power – and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.

Dr Khan’s research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through.

'Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it' - Tade Thompson, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Rosewater

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of Children of Time, Children of Ruin and many other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke award in its 30th anniversary year.

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Release date: August 18, 2020

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky

In the realm of speculative fiction, where the boundaries between science and imagination blur, Adrian Tchaikovsky writes with the precision of a biologist and the curiosity of a philosopher. Known for weaving evolutionary theory into alien worlds and giving sentience to the most unexpected of creatures, he crafts stories that challenge not just what it means to be human—but what it means to be alive.

Tchaikovsky’s breakout novel, Children of Time, didn’t just introduce readers to a distant planet populated by hyper-intelligent spiders—it redefined what readers expect from space opera. Bold, cerebral, and emotionally resonant, the book went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award, with its sequel Children of Ruin deepening the saga’s exploration of consciousness, cooperation, and survival. In 2023, the Children of Time series earned the Hugo Award for Best Series, a fitting recognition for stories that dare to look evolution in the eye and ask: what if?

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But his fascination with complex ecosystems and alien intelligences didn’t begin on the page. Born in Lincolnshire and trained in zoology and psychology, Tchaikovsky brings a scientific lens to his storytelling that few in the genre can match. His early background—before turning to writing full-time—includes years practicing law, stage combat training, and tabletop gaming, all of which echo in the structure, pacing, and immersive worldbuilding of his novels.

Whether exploring dystopian landscapes, unraveling genetic legacies, or building entire civilizations from the point of view of insects and cephalopods, Tchaikovsky’s fiction never loses sight of the human thread—our instincts, our flaws, our relentless need to reach beyond the stars.

Asked once why so many of his stories feature spiders, he replied with characteristic candor: “They’re alien enough to be unsettling, but familiar enough to be us.” That balance—between the foreign and the familiar—is at the heart of his work, and why readers keep coming back, eager to see what strange future he’ll unearth next.

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⧗ 8.00 / 1
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